Privacy Policy

Full policy

Owner and Data Controller

Found Fakes e.K.

Kronshagener Weg 37

24116 Kiel

Germany

Owner contact email: info@foundfakes.com

Types of Data collected

Among the types of Personal Data that this Application collects, by itself or through third parties, there are:
Trackers; Usage Data; In-app purchases; Application updates; launches; Universally unique identifier (UUID); crash data; device information; various types of Data; first name; last name; email address; password; answers to questions; clicks; keypress events; motion sensor events; mouse movements; scroll position; touch events; payment info; purchase history; User ID.

Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Application.
Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this Application is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Application to provide its services. In cases where this Application specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.
Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools – by this Application or by the owners of third-party services used by this Application serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy, if available.

Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Application and confirm that they have the third party’s consent to provide the Data to the Owner.

Mode and place of processing the Data

Methods of processing

The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorised access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorised destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organisational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of this Application (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.

Legal basis of processing

The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:

• Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes. Note: Under some legislations the Owner may be allowed to process Personal Data until the User objects to such processing (“opt-out”), without having to rely on consent or any other of the following legal bases. This, however, does not apply, whenever the processing of Personal Data is subject to European data protection law;
• provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
• processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Owner is subject;
• processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Owner;
• processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party.

In any case, the Owner will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

Place

The Data is processed at the Owner’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.

Depending on the User’s location, data transfers may involve transferring the User’s Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.

Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis of Data transfers to a country outside the European Union or to any international organisation governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by the Owner to safeguard their Data.

If any such transfer takes place, Users can find out more by checking the relevant sections of this document or enquire with the Owner using the information provided in the contact section.

Retention time

Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.

Therefore:

• Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between the Owner and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.
• Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Owner’s legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.

The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to do so for the performance of a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.

Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right of access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.

The purposes of processing

The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Service, comply with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect its rights and interests (or those of its Users or third parties), detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as the following:
Analytics, Infrastructure monitoring, Data transfer outside the EU, Hosting and backend infrastructure, Interaction with external social networks and platforms, Contacting the User, Traffic optimisation and distribution, Platform services and hosting, Registration and authentication, Registration and authentication provided directly by this Application, SPAM protection, Handling payments, Displaying content from external platforms and Commercial affiliation.

For specific information about the Personal Data used for each purpose, the User may refer to the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data”.

Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data

Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:

• Analytics

  The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyse web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behaviour.

  Google Analytics (Google Ireland Limited)

  Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”). Google utilises the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Application, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
  Google may use the Data collected to contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Google Analytics for Firebase (Google Ireland Limited)

  Google Analytics for Firebase or Firebase Analytics is an analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited.
  In order to understand Google’s use of Data, consult Google’s partner policy.

  Firebase Analytics may share Data with other tools provided by Firebase, such as Crash Reporting, Authentication, Remote Config or Notifications. The User may check this privacy policy to find a detailed explanation about the other tools used by the Owner.

  This Application uses identifiers for mobile devices and technologies similar to cookies to run the Firebase Analytics service.

  Users may opt-out of certain Firebase features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or by following the instructions in other Firebase related sections of this privacy policy, if available.

  Personal Data processed: Application updates; In-app purchases; launches.

  Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.

  Appsflyer (AppsFlyer Ltd)

  Appsflyer is an analytics service provided by AppsFlyer Ltd.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: Israel – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

• Commercial affiliation

  This type of service allows this Application to display advertisements for third-party products or services. Ads can be displayed either as advertising links or as banners using various kinds of graphics.
  Clicks on the icon or banner posted on the Application are tracked by the third-party services listed below, and are shared with this Application.
  For details of which data are collected, please refer to the privacy policy of each service.

  Admitad (Admitad AG)

  Admitad is a commercial affiliation service provided by Admitad AG.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Universally unique identifier (UUID); Usage Data.

  Place of processing: Switzerland – Privacy Policy.

• Contacting the User

  Contact form (this Application)

  By filling in the contact form with their Data, the User authorises this Application to use these details to reply to requests for information, quotes or any other kind of request as indicated by the form’s header.

  Personal Data processed: email address; first name; last name.

• Data transfer outside the EU

  The Owner is allowed to transfer Personal Data collected within the EU to third countries (i.e. any country not part of the EU) only pursuant to a specific legal basis. Any such Data transfer is based on one of the legal bases described below.
  Users can inquire with the Owner to learn which legal basis applies to which specific service.

  Data transfer to countries that guarantee European standards (this Application)

  If this is the legal basis, the transfer of Personal Data from the EU to third countries is carried out according to an adequacy decision of the European Commission.
  The European Commission adopts adequacy decisions for specific countries whenever it considers that country to possess and provide Personal Data protection standards comparable to those set forth by EU data protection legislation. Users can find an updated list of all adequacy decisions issued on the European Commission’s website.

  Personal Data processed: various types of Data.

• Displaying content from external platforms

  This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Application and interact with them.
  This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.

  Font Awesome (Fonticons, Inc. )

  Font Awesome is a typeface visualisation service provided by Fonticons, Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Google Fonts (Google Ireland Limited)

  Google Fonts is a typeface visualisation service provided by Google Ireland Limited that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.

  YouTube IFrame Player (Google Ireland Limited)

  YouTube IFrame Player is a video content visualisation service provided by Google Ireland Limited that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Through this Service, this Application may collect Data directly or indirectly on or from Users’ devices, including by making use of trackers. Users may restrict such access to their Data via the security settings page provided by Google. Users may ask the Owner for further information about these privacy settings at any time through the contact details provided in this document.

  Data collected through the Service may also be used to help third parties deliver interest-based advertising. Users can opt out of third-party interest-based advertising through their device settings or by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

  Personal Data processed: device information; Trackers; User ID.

  Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt out.

• Handling payments

  Unless otherwise specified, this Application processes any payments by credit card, bank transfer or other means via external payment service providers. In general and unless where otherwise stated, Users are requested to provide their payment details and personal information directly to such payment service providers. This Application isn’t involved in the collection and processing of such information: instead, it will only receive a notification by the relevant payment service provider as to whether payment has been successfully completed.

  Google Pay (Google Ireland Limited)

  Google Pay is a payment service provided by Google Ireland Limited, which allows users to make online payments using their Google credentials.

  Personal Data processed: email address; first name; last name; payment info; purchase history.

  Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.

• Hosting and backend infrastructure

  This type of service has the purpose of hosting Data and files that enable this Application to run and be distributed as well as to provide a ready-made infrastructure to run specific features or parts of this Application.

  Some services among those listed below, if any, may work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.

  Amazon Web Services (AWS) (Amazon Web Services, Inc.)

  Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a hosting and backend service provided by Amazon Web Services, Inc.

  Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: Germany – Privacy Policy.

  Hetzner (Hetzner Online GmbH)

  Hetzner is a hosting and backend service provided by Hetzner Online GmbH.

  Personal Data processed: Usage Data.

  Place of processing: Germany – Privacy Policy.

  Firebase Cloud Functions (Google LLC)

  Firebase Cloud Functions is a hosting and backend service provided by Google LLC.

  Personal Data processed: Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: Germany – Privacy Policy.

  Firebase Hosting (Google Ireland Limited)

  Firebase Hosting is a hosting service provided by Google Ireland Limited.

  Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.

• Infrastructure monitoring

  This type of service allows this Application to monitor the use and behaviour of its components so its performance, operation, maintenance and troubleshooting can be improved.
  Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and mode of implementation of these services, whose function is to filter the activities of this Application.

  Crashlytics (Google Ireland Limited)

  Crashlytics is a monitoring service provided by Google Ireland Limited.

  Personal Data processed: crash data; device information; Universally unique identifier (UUID).

  Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.

  Sentry (Functional Software, Inc. )

  Sentry is a monitoring service provided by Functional Software, Inc. .

  Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• Interaction with external social networks and platforms

  This type of service allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of this Application.
  The interaction and information obtained through this Application are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.
  This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
  It is recommended to log out from the respective services in order to make sure that the processed data on this Application isn’t being connected back to the User’s profile.

  Facebook Like button and social widgets (Meta Platforms Ireland Limited)

  The Facebook Like button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Facebook social network provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.

  Twitter Tweet button and social widgets (Twitter, Inc.)

  The Twitter Tweet button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Twitter social network provided by Twitter, Inc.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• Platform services and hosting

  These services have the purpose of hosting and running key components of this Application, therefore allowing the provision of this Application from within a unified platform. Such platforms provide a wide range of tools to the Owner – e.g. analytics, user registration, commenting, database management, e-commerce, payment processing – that imply the collection and handling of Personal Data.
  Some of these services work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.

  Google Play Store (Google Ireland Limited)

  This Application is distributed on the Google Play Store, a platform for the distribution of mobile apps, provided by Google Ireland Limited.

  By virtue of being distributed via this app store, Google collects usage and diagnostics data and share aggregate information with the Owner. Much of this information is processed on an opt-in basis.

  Users may opt-out of this analytics feature directly through their device settings. More information on how to manage analysis settings can be found on this page.

  Personal Data processed: Usage Data.

  Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.

  Amazon Appstore (Amazon Europe )

  This Application is distributed on Amazon Appstore, a platform for the distribution of mobile apps, provided by Amazon Europe .

  By virtue of being distributed via this app store, Amazon may collect basic usage analytics through this Application and share aggregate information with the Owner.

  Personal Data processed: Usage Data.

  Place of processing: Luxembourg – Privacy Policy.

• Registration and authentication

  By registering or authenticating, Users allow this Application to identify them and give them access to dedicated services.
  Depending on what is described below, third parties may provide registration and authentication services. In this case, this Application will be able to access some Data, stored by these third-party services, for registration or identification purposes.
  Some of the services listed below may also collect Personal Data for targeting and profiling purposes; to find out more, please refer to the description of each service.

  Google OAuth (Google Ireland Limited)

  Google OAuth is a registration and authentication service provided by Google Ireland Limited and is connected to the Google network.

  Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.

  Firebase Authentication (Google Ireland Limited)

  Firebase Authentication is a registration and authentication service provided by Google Ireland Limited.
  To simplify the registration and authentication process, Firebase Authentication can make use of third-party identity providers and save the information on its platform.

  Personal Data processed: email address; password.

  Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.

• Registration and authentication provided directly by this Application

  By registering or authenticating, Users allow this Application to identify them and give them access to dedicated services. The Personal Data is collected and stored for registration or identification purposes only. The Data collected are only those necessary for the provision of the service requested by the Users.

  Direct registration (this Application)

  The User registers by filling out the registration form and providing the Personal Data directly to this Application.

  Personal Data processed: email address; first name; last name; password.

• SPAM protection

  This type of service analyses the traffic of this Application, potentially containing Users’ Personal Data, with the purpose of filtering it from parts of traffic, messages and content that are recognised as SPAM.

  Google reCAPTCHA (Google Ireland Limited)

  Google reCAPTCHA is a SPAM protection service provided by Google Ireland Limited.
  The use of reCAPTCHA is subject to the Google privacy policy and terms of use.

  Personal Data processed: answers to questions; clicks; keypress events; motion sensor events; mouse movements; scroll position; touch events; Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.

• Traffic optimisation and distribution

  This type of service allows this Application to distribute their content using servers located across different countries and to optimise their performance.
  Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and the way these services are implemented. Their function is to filter communications between this Application and the User’s browser.
  Considering the widespread distribution of this system, it is difficult to determine the locations to which the contents that may contain Personal Information of the User are transferred.

  Cloudflare (Cloudflare Inc.)

  Cloudflare is a traffic optimisation and distribution service provided by Cloudflare Inc.
  The way Cloudflare is integrated means that it filters all the traffic through this Application, i.e., communication between this Application and the User’s browser, while also allowing analytical data from this Application to be collected.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Information on opting out of interest-based advertising

In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services listed in this document, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section of the Cookie
Policy.

Further information about the processing of Personal Data

• Unique device identification

  This Application may track Users by storing a unique identifier of their device, for analytics purposes or for storing Users’ preferences.

The rights of Users

Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner.

In particular, Users have the right to do the following:

• Withdraw their consent at any time. Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.
• Object to processing of their Data. Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent. Further details are provided in the dedicated section below.
• Access their Data. Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the Owner, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.
• Verify and seek rectification. Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
• Restrict the processing of their Data. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, the Owner will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.
• Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Owner.
• Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller. Users have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance. This provision is applicable provided that the Data is processed by automated means and that the processing is based on the User’s consent, on a contract which the User is part of or on pre-contractual obligations thereof.
• Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.

Details about the right to object to processing

Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in the Owner or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner, Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to justify the objection.

Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time without providing any justification. To learn, whether the Owner is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document.

How to exercise these rights

Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Owner through the contact details provided in this document. These requests can be exercised free of charge and will be addressed by the Owner as early as possible and always within one month.

Cookie Policy

This Application uses Trackers. To learn more, the User may consult the Cookie Policy.

Additional information about Data collection and processing

Legal action

The User’s Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Application or the related Services.
The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.

Additional information about User’s Personal Data

In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Application may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.

System logs and maintenance

For operation and maintenance purposes, this Application and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this Application (System logs) use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.

Information not contained in this policy

More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Owner at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.

How “Do Not Track” requests are handled

This Application does not support “Do Not Track” requests.
To determine whether any of the third-party services it uses honour the “Do Not Track” requests, please read their privacy policies.

Changes to this privacy policy

The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by notifying its Users on this page and possibly within this Application and/or – as far as technically and legally feasible – sending a notice to Users via any contact information available to the Owner. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.

Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User’s consent, the Owner shall collect new consent from the User, where required.